And also keep in mind if you were to use this speaker at a higher volume its battery life is going to drain faster.

Real world use with the Charge 5 playing at 80% volume im getting about 10 hours of playback time which is not bad at all. But keep in mind, that 20 hour battery life is for when these speaker are playing at 50 percent volume. And the Charge 5 even has a 7500 milliamp hour battery just like the Charge 4. But regardless, if youre looking for a mid sized speaker that you can take on the go with you and not have to worry about it… then the Charge is a solid candidate.īut now lets talk about tech specs… when it comes to battery life the Charge 5 has an advertised battery life of 20 hours just like its predecessors. Now the 6 just means that the Charge 5 is also dust proof… but really this is just marketing to get numbers on the board cause dust and dirt were never a problem for the Charge 4 and Charge 3… and they’re just as durable. Now just its predecessors the Charge 5 is still water proof… but this time its rocking and IP67 ratting rather than just your IPX7 rating found on the Charge 4 and Charge 3. We’ve still got those exposed passive radiators on either side… we’ve got these hard plastic end caps with rubber feet… and we’ve still got this fabric mesh that not only feels premium and tightly woven… its also going to be able to easily stand up to constant abuse like bumps and scrapes without any problems. Now personally im over JBL’s new design direction… cause more importantly everything else about the charge 5 is still the same. However looks wise the charge 5 is a shrunken down version of the JBL Xtreme 3 with that new oversized logo in toe much to a lot of people’s chagrin.

Size wise the charge 5 isn’t all that different from the charge 4 and charge 3… the Charge 5 is still your typical mid sized speaker that you can easily throw into your back pack and take on the go with you. Now when it comes to the design of this speaker…. Regardless if you want to pick any of these speakers up they’ll be linked down below… but I would wait for the Charge 5 to go on sale. And now that the Charge 5 is here the Charge 4 is on sale for $130. It has a retail price of $180 but in a few short weeks it’ll start going on sale for $150… and maybe even a little less on major holidays. But then it would list for $150 making you think that you got a deal… So I wouldn’t be surprised if we see the same deal with the Charge 5. Now a few months after the charge 4 came out it got a price increase to $180. So today we’re going to check out the JBL Charge 5 and we’re also going to compare it to the JBL Charge 4 and JBL Charge 3.īut first we’ve got to addressing pricing… the new charge 5 has a retail price $180, which is $30 more than the charge 4 when it first came out. Some that are great and others that aren’t as good. At first glance the new JBL Charge 5 just looks like another redesign with an over done gaudy logo on the front… but there are actually some very major changes here under the hood.

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